Punj Lloyd Ltd's net profit for 2005-06 stood at Rs 55.46 crore against Rs 100.60 crore in the previous fiscal. Consolidated income was Rs 1,716.59 crore compared with Rs 1,920.32 crore in 2004-05. crore against Earnings before interest, depreciation, taxes and amortisation (EBIDTA) for the fiscal was Rs 222.8 Rs 336.7 crore in the previous year. The EBIDTA margin was 12.98 per cent. The company said its road projects in Assam and Rajasthan were affected due to the slow progress in obtaining right of way from the government, leading to lower turnover in 2005-06. The board has recommended a 10 per cent dividend for 2005-06.

Tata Steel produced 1.31 million tonnes (mt) of hot metal, 1.21 mt of crude steel and 1.11 mt of saleable steel in the first quarter of 2006-07. Sales in the quarter stood at 1.12 mt, of which 0.19 mt was sold to the auto sector. The company is reorganising its supply chain.

Bank of Rajasthan (BoR) has reduced its net NPA (non-performing assets) to 0.99 per cent in the year ended March 31 from 2.5 percent in the previous fiscal. The bank's net NPA stands at Rs 40.18 crore. The bank has also reduced the gross NPA to 3.26 per cent in 2005-06 from 5.34 percent in 2004-05.